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Perera can also be spelt Periera / Pereira. I have found the later but trying to make a fit.
Thanks for your continued help, much appreciated.

Can't find any male Perera marriages with a bride named Teresia/Therasia though, or Perera baptisms with a mother named Teresia/Therasia in the years before the marriage to Jean Francois Chatelier.

Oh ! You are clever, never thought of the word NATIVE. You are right. Thanks for the input. Kucinta.

Re Teresia/Therasia, I read the marriage entry slightly differently as Theresia Perera NATIVE widow of Tranquehar. . If so, Perera is likely to be her married name by her previous husband.

Kucinra - A bit of trivia - Jan 16 1761 The British captured Pudacherry from the French, but the Treaty of Paris 1763 at the conclusion of the 7 year war returned it.....Pondicherry, Mahe, Yanam, Karaikal and Chandernager remained part of French India until 1954.

Therefore Jean Francois Chatelier was most likely born in India in the 1700's. Now to try and find his details. Cheers.

That is the question.

Teresia/Therasia was born in 1785. Was her maiden name Perera. I found on their wedding cert her name was written as Therasia Perera Natuie. - widow

Jean Francois Chatelier or John Francis was born in 17?? Where? India or France. I think it will be a lot of searching.

Looks pretty certain then.

But how to go back further????

On Teresia/Therasia Death certificate her husband is listed as Johnson Francis Chatelier.

She died Jan 7 1873 Buried Jan 8 1873 Trimulgherry Madras. India - aged 88 years. (Dysentery)

I agree. Thanks Kucinta.

Jean Francois was a writer on his marriage register entry, and Eugene born 1812's father John was a writer in the Residents Office on Eugene 1812's baptism register entry, so I think we have good grounds for our thoughts, especially given the name of Jean Francois's bride.

Also thought John could be Jean Francois Chatelier and not long found that. Thanks again Kucinta.

Eugene Ebenezer Chatelier sure is a mystery so far. But did find a John Eugene.

He was listed on his sons marriage certificate in 1925. (Son Melville Eric Chatelier) so I would say he died after 1925 which of course takes us out of the parish registers.

Was 'John' actually of french origins? This looks like his marriage to Teresia:

First name(s) Jean Francois<<<<<<<<<<
Last name Chatelier<<<<<<<<<<
Marriage year 1807
Marriage date 13 Apr 1807
Spouse's first name Therasia<<<<<<<<<
Spouse's last name Perera<<<<<<<<
Place Tanjore
Presidency Madras
Groom's father's first name -
Groom's father's last name -
Bride's father's first name -
Bride's father's last name -
Catalogue description Madras ecclesiastical records, omissions and corrections, 1777-1884, :
Archive reference N-2-9
Folio number 39
Entry number -
Record set British India Office Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from Great Britain, UK None

Therasia is recorded as a widow, and Jean Francois's occupation is writer.

Looks like Peter Morris/Maurice died 1890, as the birth year of 1838 is right, but I can't find a death for Eugene Ebenezer either.

First name(s) P M
Last name Chatelier
Birth year 1838
Death date 07 Jan 1890
Death year 1890
Age 52
Burial date 07 Jan 1890
Place Pondicherry
Presidency Madras
Archive Reference N-2-71
Folio -
Page 23
Catalogue Description Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Madras, : 1698-1948
Record set British India Office Deaths & Burials

Thank you for your help and confirmation Kucinta. I felt this was so.
Left a wife and two children. He married in 1835

I still cannot find a B.M.or D on Eugene Ebenezer.
Going potty haha

The baptism for Peter Morris Chateliar shows him to be the son of Eugene Chateliar, merchant of Tanjore and Susan his wife, so that ties in with the 1842 death you found for Eugene, Elaine.

Thank you so much Kucinta.

I found a death for Eugene Chatelier in 1842 died on the Tanjore to Bangalore road, India aged 30 years. He was a merchant. I assume this is the Eugene that was born in 1812 to John and Teresia Chatelier.

Time for some shut-eye 4am in Oz. nite

Birth/baptism of Peter Morris, who does seem to be the son of Eugene Chatelier and Susan (Casey?) as per Maddie's post


First name(s) Peter Morris<<<<<<
Last name Chateliar<<<<<<
Birth year 1838
Birth date 04 Nov 1838
Baptism year 1838
Baptism date 13 Feb 1839
Place Tanjore
Presidency Madras
Father's first name(s) Eugene<<<<<<<<
Father's last name Chateliar<<<<<<<<<
Mother's first name(s) Susan<<<<<<<<
Mother's last name -
Archive reference N-2-19
Folio 20
Page -
Catalogue descriptions Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Madras
Record set British India Office Births & Baptisms
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Baptisms

The marriage register said Eugene Ebenezer's father was Peter Morris Chatelier

This could be the marriage of E E's parents?

First name(s) Peter Maurice<<<<<<<<<<
Last name Chatelier<<<<<<<<<<<
Marriage year 1862
Marriage date 5 Feb 1862
Spouse's first name Alice<<<<<<<<<<
Spouse's last name Thorpe<<<<<<<<<
Place Madras
Presidency Madras
Groom's age 23
Bride's age 18
Groom's father's first name Eugene<<<<<<<<<<
Groom's father's last name Chatelier<<<<<<<
Bride's father's first name John Luke
Bride's father's last name Thorpe
Catalogue description Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Madras, : 1698-1948
Archive reference N-2-43
Folio number 28
Entry number -
Record set British India Office Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Marriages

Note Peter Maurice's father is a Eugene. Peter Maurice is a draughtsman , Quartermaster General's office. .

Oh....been for a visit to England? He would have been aged 41 yrs. Is this my Eugene???
Thanks Andy

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UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960

Name: Doctor E Chatelier
Gender: Male
Departure Date: 4 Mar 1909
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination Port: Bombay, India
Ship Name: City of Karachi
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Andy